Willa Conner learned a long time ago that love is only in fairytales. SheтАЩs been left widowed, pregnant and penniless, and her last hope is the stranger who answers her ad for a husband. Austin Dermot, a hardworking Montana blacksmith, doesnтАЩt know what to expect from a mail-order bride.
It certainly isnтАЩt the brave, beautiful, but scarred young woman who cautiously steps off the train... Trust wonтАЩt come easily for Willa тАУ itтАЩs hard for her to believe sheтАЩs worthy of true love. But she doesnтАЩt need to worry about that, because this is just a marriage of convenience...isnтАЩt it?
Jillian Hart grew up on the original homestead where her family still lives, went to high school where Twin Peaks was filmed, earned an English degree, and has travelled extensively. When JillianтАЩs not writing her stories, she reads, stops for caf├й mochas, and hikes through the pine forests near her home in Washington State.